Source 1: Barangay Malaya planted 200 mangrove seedlings in 2020. Source 2: By 2024 only 60 of those seedlings were still alive. Which conclusion needs BOTH sources?

Source 1: The town library opens only from Monday to Friday. Source 2: Most students in the town sell goods at the market from Monday to Friday. Which conclusion follows from both?

Source 1: A new bridge cut travel time to the hospital from 90 minutes to 30. Source 2: Emergency patients recover best when treated within one hour. Which conclusion needs both?

Source 1: The school canteen threw away 12 kilograms of food each day last term. Source 2: Students may not take uneaten food out of the canteen. Which conclusion uses both?

Source 1: Grade 7 reading scores rose after the class got 15 minutes of silent reading daily. Source 2: The same class also got new books that term. Which conclusion follows from both?

Source 1: The plaza market closes at 4 p.m. Source 2: Fishing boats land their catch at the plaza pier at 5 p.m. Which conclusion follows only from combining them?

Source 1: Half of the town's households have no internet at home. Source 2: The school posts all homework on a website. Which conclusion needs both sources?

Source 1: Dengue cases in the province peak in August. Source 2: The free clinic runs its mosquito drive every October. Which conclusion follows from both?

Source 1: The bakery raised bread prices by 20 percent in June. Source 2: Bakery sales fell by 5 percent in June. Which conclusion follows only from combining them?

Source 1: The river rises above its banks after 100 mm of rain in a day. Source 2: Last Tuesday the town recorded 140 mm of rain. Which conclusion needs both sources?

Source 1: The bus to the city leaves the terminal at 6 a.m. Source 2: The trip from the barangay to the terminal takes 90 minutes. Which conclusion follows from both?

Source 1: The school hall seats 300 people. Source 2: Every Grade 7 learner plus one parent will attend the program, and there are 220 Grade 7 learners. Which follows from both?

Source 1: Solar lamps in the barangay last about two years. Source 2: The barangay installed its solar lamps in 2021 and has bought no new ones. Which conclusion uses both?

Source 1: The reading club meets every Saturday morning. Source 2: Members must attend eight meetings to receive a certificate. Which conclusion follows only from combining them?

Source 1: The town's only pharmacy closes at 6 p.m. Source 2: Farm workers return from the fields at 6:30 p.m. Which statement is a conclusion drawn from BOTH sources?

Source 1: Rice yields fell in three towns last season. Source 2: Those same three towns had the least rainfall on record last season. Which sentence is a synthesis of the two?

A student writes: "Source 1 says buses are late. Source 2 says roads are flooded." Why is this NOT yet a synthesis?

Two sources are: (1) buses run late in the rainy season, (2) the main road floods in the rainy season. Which sentence turns these summaries into a synthesis?

Which paragraph opening shows a synthesis rather than a list of summaries?

Which is the clearest sign that a paragraph is a list of summaries and not a synthesis?

A report ends: "Report A found more absences in June. Report B found more colds in June. Both are worth reading." What does this ending still lack?

Which sentence is a synthesis of a survey on skipped breakfast and a study on afternoon tiredness in the same school?

A writer summarizes three articles in three separate paragraphs, one per article. What must be added for the piece to count as a synthesis?

Placing two source summaries next to each other, with nothing said about how they relate, already makes a synthesis.

Which question would a synthesis paragraph answer, but a set of separate summaries would not?

Source 1 reports crowded jeepneys at 7 a.m. Source 2 reports most classes starting at 7:30 a.m. Which sentence is a synthesis and not a summary of one source?

Which transition best signals that a writer is about to synthesize two sources rather than list them?

A student's draft says: "Study A found the same result as Study B, so the finding holds in two different towns." What has the student done?

Source 1: The barangay hall recorded 45 power cuts in 2024. Source 2: The power office recorded 12 power cuts in the same barangay in 2024. How do the sources relate?

Source 1: The fiesta in Bantay began as a harvest thanksgiving. Source 2: Dancers at the fiesta wear woven skirts and carry paper lanterns. How do the sources relate?

Source 1: Heavy rain delayed the corn harvest in Sitio Uno. Source 2: Farmers in Sitio Uno harvested late because of days of rain. How do the two sources relate?

Source 1: Plastic bans cut market litter by a third. Source 2: Plastic bans made no measurable change to market litter. On what do these two sources disagree?

Source 1: The clinic treated 800 patients in 2023. Source 2: The clinic hired four more nurses in 2023. How do these sources relate to the question of patient load?

Two sources give different totals for the same election turnout in the same town and year. What should a careful writer do first?

Source 1: Reading aloud daily raised Grade 7 fluency scores. Source 2: Silent reading daily raised Grade 7 comprehension scores. What do these two sources share?

Source 1: The dam holds back floodwater downstream. Source 2: The dam has cut the fish catch upstream. How do the sources relate on the question of the dam's effects?

Source 1: The old church was built in 1783. Source 2: The old church was built in 1830. A writer needs the building date. What is the honest step?

Source 1: Most riders in the town use tricycles. Source 2: Tricycle fares rose to PHP 20 last month. Which conclusion follows only from combining the two?

Source 1: Weather records show a typhoon struck the coast on July 3. Source 2: A diary entry describes losing a roof to strong wind on July 3. The two sources support each other here.

A synthesis must state something that no single source in it states by itself.